Hauntings, Histories, & Campfire Tales: What Ghost Stories Tell Us | Coya Paz | TEDxDePaulUniversity

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  • čas přidán 8. 07. 2021
  • It doesn’t matter if a ghost is real. But what does matter is the ghost story. Coya Paz, interim dean of The Theatre School at DePaul University, delves into three different categories of ghost stories and why it’s important to listen closely - because the dead want just as much from us as we want from them. Coya is an associate professor in DePaul’s Theatre School and the artistic director of Chicago’s historic Free Street Theater. She is also the cofounder of the Proyecto Latina collective, served as the founding co-artistic director of Teatro Luna for nine years and co-authored Ensemble-Made Chicago: A Guide to Devised Theater. Above all, Coya is deeply committed to creating and supporting artistic spaces that help historically marginalized populations share their stories and personal experiences. Raised in Peru, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and the United States, she holds a doctorate in performance studies from Northwestern University. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

Komentáře • 108

  • @tiedyedowl8367
    @tiedyedowl8367 Před 3 lety +32

    A ghost saved my life when I was lost in the Shenandoah.
    I had gotten lost while looking at ruins of old houses off the trail. After searching for a while, yelling, and crying, I asked for help from anyone, anyone at all that would please, please help. I then felt someone pulling at my ankles towards a different direction then the one I was facing, and having no idea which way to go, I followed. I kept following the pull, and the pulling immediately stopped at a graveyard by the side of the trail I’d been on. I’ll never forget their help. I very well might have died without it.

    • @TheShadowPerson.
      @TheShadowPerson. Před 2 lety +1

      Are you Indian by chance? They may have helped a familiar looking person like you.

    • @wmpetroff2307
      @wmpetroff2307 Před 2 lety

      I believe your story. I have asked for help from my ancestors and the assistance comes.

  • @dayzme7425
    @dayzme7425 Před 3 lety +22

    I’ve had 3 paranormal experiences with my sister there for all 3, where we heard an audible voice. The first voice we heard changed my life, I was fully convinced that there is another world that overlaps ours and we aren’t alone.

    • @actingeternity
      @actingeternity Před 3 lety

      Omg .....there is space for everyone though ....😁

    • @TheFeralcatz
      @TheFeralcatz Před 3 lety

      It was most likely a demon messing with your head.

  • @Exodus26.13Pi
    @Exodus26.13Pi Před 3 lety +34

    My brother waited 25 years to tell me he saw a Sasquatch. This was not far from where we saw a grey thing float across the field in front of us. We laughed until we realized it was something we didn't know and ran.
    Native Americans and ALL ancient's knew the spirit realm is real. We saw what we saw. I don't know.

  • @Rainerjgs
    @Rainerjgs Před 3 lety +15

    Sehr gute, ruhige und verständliche Aussprache, die es selbst einem Deutschen mit wenig Praxis in Englisch erlaubt diesen Vortrag gut zu verstehen!

  • @simone222
    @simone222 Před 3 lety +14

    Ghost stories are the best! Anyway, I am a bit of a hypersensitive and so are my mother and big sister. My previous office at the government complex sits at a place where murdered victims were thrown in the past. There was a lot of activity in that place. And I am not sure how to best describe what I have. Sometimes, my sense of smell is strong in that I will immediately know if a place is jinxed. It has this rotten or burnt smell to it.

  • @KarenChungIvy
    @KarenChungIvy Před 2 lety +7

    I am just working on this topic now. What an excellent and insightful talk - thank you so much!

  • @lequynh22495
    @lequynh22495 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you so much! 😊❤️

  • @takoyakiiii
    @takoyakiiii Před 2 lety +1

    This TedTalk came just in time for me. Thank you!

  • @jamaalcrawford8585
    @jamaalcrawford8585 Před 3 lety +4

    There’s more to the universe and existence than we know

  • @okayfineiguessilltrythat
    @okayfineiguessilltrythat Před 3 lety +33

    Welp should have waited till morning to watch this
    My overactive imagination won't let me sleep now

    • @thejake8099
      @thejake8099 Před 3 lety +2

      Lol..

    • @SharonMessage
      @SharonMessage Před 3 lety +1

      Nice! Try going back to childhood dreams that should help lull you to sleep or eat bananas, if one isn't enough eat 2 or double chamomile tea.
      Reading the bible is another idea , Jesus wins! Sleep well

    • @Ok-yg6hv
      @Ok-yg6hv Před 3 lety

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    • @Ok-yg6hv
      @Ok-yg6hv Před 3 lety

      @@charleBerglund :!
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  • @sacdaabdurhman
    @sacdaabdurhman Před 2 lety +10

    “Don’t be pushed around by the fears in your mind. Be led by the dreams in your heart.” Keep smiling you will Succeed, sharing some love with ya all.

  • @aahilsheikh935
    @aahilsheikh935 Před 3 lety +2

    Damn this was good.

  • @PhantomMagician1846
    @PhantomMagician1846 Před 2 lety

    Very Interesting talk. I'll have to incorporate "what do I want from the ghost" on my YT channel somehow

  • @jaypizzle7693
    @jaypizzle7693 Před 3 lety +5

    I think I’m a ghost . Honestly

  • @witchofbloom
    @witchofbloom Před rokem +1

    such an interesting topic and such a great speaker, can I have a 2 hr talk from her pls??

  • @trueindian2692
    @trueindian2692 Před 3 lety +1

    ❤️❤️

    • @Ok-yg6hv
      @Ok-yg6hv Před 3 lety

      Thanks for watching, I Have something real big I’d love to introduce you to!
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  • @dreamofsuccess6445
    @dreamofsuccess6445 Před 3 lety

    Interesting

  • @themcgeefamily7514
    @themcgeefamily7514 Před 3 lety

    ❤💙

  • @ashleigh9659
    @ashleigh9659 Před 3 lety

    There was something that my mom used to always say was her brother and i stopped noticing it happening after I found out he did something to one of my cousins

  • @sarahmorgan6505
    @sarahmorgan6505 Před rokem

    "What do you want from the ghost?". What if you saw one but you had no idea that person had just died and didn't realise what you were seeing was a ghost?

  • @yahuyahu1362
    @yahuyahu1362 Před 3 lety +7

    Why do ghost never haunt their murderers? That way justice would be served..

  • @cikita5133
    @cikita5133 Před 3 lety +2

    I like this show, very educational, please provide Indonesian subtitles, thank you ❤️

    • @Ok-yg6hv
      @Ok-yg6hv Před 3 lety

      :!
      ‪+*1*9*8*9*7*8*7*0*8*6*1**+*

  • @bettinamayer1318
    @bettinamayer1318 Před 3 lety

    Should I ever see one I'll ask!

  • @thinkabout602
    @thinkabout602 Před 3 lety +1

    " The only thing we bring with us is LOVE "

    • @Ok-yg6hv
      @Ok-yg6hv Před 3 lety

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    • @SayonDDatta
      @SayonDDatta Před 3 lety

      Lol Tedx giving crypto courses

  • @charliem5332
    @charliem5332 Před 3 lety

    This is great. I hear ya

    • @Ok-yg6hv
      @Ok-yg6hv Před 3 lety

      Thanks for watching, I Have something real big I’d love to introduce you to!
      T.E.X.T
      ‪+*1*9*8*9*7*8*7*0*8*6*1*+*

  • @Drunk3nMonk3y72
    @Drunk3nMonk3y72 Před 3 lety

    I once saw a t-Rex ghost. But I used to do drugs, I still do, but I used to do to

  • @RealityVision
    @RealityVision Před 3 lety +1

    Hope is such a beautiful thing, it looks for all possible opportunities to win your goal, it's like air it tries to fill as much area as possible so that environment is safe and secure to living beings 😀 have a nice day 😊

  • @beverlymaggard3693
    @beverlymaggard3693 Před 2 lety

    That institution was not in Chicago. That horrible institution was named Eloise. It was located in westland Michigan.

  • @ivorytower99
    @ivorytower99 Před 2 lety +1

    *I have in fact, experienced paranormal phenomena. I have been looking for an outlet where I can disclose these events which I have witnessed, both visually (and during that specific occurance, there is another witness) as well as audibly.*
    *Suggestions?*

  • @feruzanarziyeva2063
    @feruzanarziyeva2063 Před 2 lety

    👍

  • @denis0254
    @denis0254 Před 3 lety

    Watch this after vikings serial wow

  • @BiologyIsHot
    @BiologyIsHot Před 3 lety +1

    Bro youtube I was just watching videos about fish why you autoplay this

  • @sokasbogo6912
    @sokasbogo6912 Před 3 lety

    Augustus??

  • @rahmahessen9201
    @rahmahessen9201 Před 3 lety +2

    Is it possible to add an Arabic translation? .... Thank💙

  • @paulastiles5507
    @paulastiles5507 Před rokem

    Yes! Spectrality studies! Have been working on this with local folklore for a while. I have found my academic people!

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful Před rokem

      So it is an authentic, recognized discipline?

    • @paulastiles5507
      @paulastiles5507 Před rokem

      @@soslothful According to the TED talk, yes.

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful Před rokem

      @@paulastiles5507 Some research may be required. The idea of such a discipline seems unsettling.

    • @paulastiles5507
      @paulastiles5507 Před rokem

      @@soslothful Why? Whether or not supernatural phenomena truly exist, our brains and bodies have clearly have evolved to believe in things that go bump in the night. It's fascinating to study that evolution, and see what it says about how we have evolved and why we came up with those ideas. Folklore and urban legends are a constantly changing part of oral history.

    • @soslothful
      @soslothful Před rokem +1

      @@paulastiles5507 Ah! Your take is a very good one. I had not considered the folklore perspective. I immediately thought of "Ancient Aliens."

  • @thedonfamily6233
    @thedonfamily6233 Před 2 lety +2

    " Unexpected presences who show up and demand your emotional attention at any cost "
    " Ghosts? "
    " Nah.....children "

  • @rubenverheij4770
    @rubenverheij4770 Před 2 lety

    .
    What I wan-
    na be in the
    future?? My
    wish is to be
    ...
    A GHOST!👻
    .

  • @EggmondChad
    @EggmondChad Před 2 lety

    In other news the latest capture of a potential thief using the new carer system. Duelingual Boasthelords, son of Duelogistics Boasthefathersfound, was taken to a maximum security solitary confinement cage cell room permanently and is now property of the global statestate. He will be confined to the 6 foot by 6 foot by 6 foot windowless cage with a bed shelf, no mattress/pillow/blanket luxury, and one small hole in the floor for waste dispensing for the remainder of his existence. All waste collected from the individual during their stay will be stored in giant vats and after his death, whenever it should naturally occur, his entire body will be soaked in all the collected stored waste product for a neweek (6 days) and then dried and powdered and added to the cement mixture that is used to reinforce and maintain the cage and facility. He will never leave the room for any reason at any time whatsoever for life, if the building catches fire he must stay in his cage and not be evacuated, period. He has a completely clean record with no criminal offenses or any contact with elite worshipping order keepers (Ewok’s) whatsoever, and he has never ever not once committed any crime nor ever was convicted of one, however officers at the new founding father’s institute were looking at the mandatory brain scans every individual is required to submit to the world government weekly, they noticed some patterns in his brain activity that were similar to that of one person who is currently in another permanent cage for stealing $6 worth of food from a street vendor because he had no money and was starving. They both are removed from society forever and that’s how that’s that. For our final story today, the government is rewarding any individual who informs us on a potential criminal with a 0.10% reduction in their next mandatory weekly government donation, the total tax for the commongood will not be effected and will remain at 94%. All corporations of the global statestate have the power to arrest and imprison any person they deem necessary for any reason, permanently. The order that no average amateur citizen can own a business shall stand, the authoriters also stated earlier, meaning all individuals must report to a work job from the government 7 days a week 365 days a year. Everyone stand for the global-media-closing-theme, fist up firmly, we remind you that you are being watched and monitored through the tellallvisions system you view this on in the morning, afternoon, and nighttime. Follow regulation or you will be subjected to public beatings.
    “For thee, the new founding fathers who knew, us we are for their taking! We submit!”

  • @buraq8017
    @buraq8017 Před 3 lety +2

    31 مليون مشترك و بس 5 تعليقات 😒 ...🤔🤔🤔 why

  • @jimmyhit1017
    @jimmyhit1017 Před 3 lety

    So what your saying is... You don't know. Im not going to go to my auto mechanic to learn to scuba dive. Life truly is stranger than fiction.

  • @TheWheelofLife100
    @TheWheelofLife100 Před 3 lety +1

    For all those people that saw or have seen a ghost, one question, what did the ghost look like?

    • @kenzahcarstairs5417
      @kenzahcarstairs5417 Před 3 lety

      exactly! no one ever specifies that

    • @janicesmith1956
      @janicesmith1956 Před 3 lety +1

      I was staying in old hotel in Sydney about 200 Meters from where the sailing ships came in back in history. A man appeared at the end of my bed with prisoner manacles on his wrists. It was early hours of the morning. Very scary. I have seen family members too. Not long-after they died. It still gives me a fright.

    • @kenzahcarstairs5417
      @kenzahcarstairs5417 Před 3 lety +2

      @@janicesmith1956 yeah and im queen Elizabeth (we are all entitled to our beliefs)

  • @TheFeralcatz
    @TheFeralcatz Před 3 lety +1

    It's rare to see a Ted talk that's actually illuminating these days. I think it's a good topic, pretty well presented and she isn't bad to look at either.

  • @LauraDFTBA
    @LauraDFTBA Před 2 lety

    It's 2021 why is her mic hissing so much 😫

  • @emerwin6302
    @emerwin6302 Před 2 měsíci

    Hmm, she is talking about lynching and smiling. That's spooky.

  • @austinballard3818
    @austinballard3818 Před 3 měsíci

    Im so tired of people insisting on making the paranormal stricly abstract and in no way an actual tangible phenomenon.. i can tell you right now.. i have no idea what a ..ghost.. is.. but i know for an undeniable fact that ghosts.. whatever they are.. are very..very. real..

  • @ceeskampers4744
    @ceeskampers4744 Před 3 lety +2

    The only thing i want to know are ghosts real or not have not been answered

    • @thinkabout602
      @thinkabout602 Před 3 lety +2

      Spirt energies are real. We are examples of this energy. When our bodies give out our energies continue. However we can not prove this to you personally until you have your own experience.

  • @xxxxxbriansanchezyyy
    @xxxxxbriansanchezyyy Před 3 lety +1

    Those ghosts wanted those tiiiiiiiiiii!!!

  • @adonayalberto5114
    @adonayalberto5114 Před 3 lety

    ¿Spanish?

  • @g4do
    @g4do Před 3 lety +1

    Very attractive woman

  • @TheFeralcatz
    @TheFeralcatz Před 3 lety +6

    Most of the time, these ghosts are just demons. The demons want our attention because they are miserable and self absorbed. They want us to worship them, but if they can't get that, at least get us to pay them some emotion attention as she put it.

  • @constancemiller3753
    @constancemiller3753 Před 2 lety

    Did she just speak about ghosts to an empty audience? 🤔

  • @TheFeralcatz
    @TheFeralcatz Před 3 lety +4

    The spiritual realm is real and their are only two sides. Jesus Christ or destruction. Choose wisely.

  • @farhanpavel7016
    @farhanpavel7016 Před 3 lety +4

    Sorry to say, what's this video all about? What does this pretty lady want to teach us!

    • @actingeternity
      @actingeternity Před 3 lety

      It's about space between humans and ghosts.....believe it or not.....😁👋

    • @Ok-yg6hv
      @Ok-yg6hv Před 3 lety

      Thanks for watching, I Have something real big I’d love to introduce you to!
      T.E.X.T
      ‪+*1*9*8*9*7*8*7*0*8*6*1*+*

    • @farhanpavel7016
      @farhanpavel7016 Před 3 lety

      @@Ok-yg6hv Well, if you're really interested and bold enough to experience some "entities" by yourself, you're welcome! You don't have to analyze ghost stories or folktales, or chase after haunted places or interview people. You just stay where you are, they will reach you in a given time, I promise. Then you'll have personal true stories to share with others, for sure. Yes?

    • @Ok-yg6hv
      @Ok-yg6hv Před 3 lety

      @@farhanpavel7016 Yes!

    • @farhanpavel7016
      @farhanpavel7016 Před 3 lety

      @@Ok-yg6hv please think deeply beforehand, the experience might not be pleasant or romantic! Then let me know when you really want to proceed. Mail me if you are serious,

  • @jameskulevich8907
    @jameskulevich8907 Před 3 lety +4

    How bout just enjoy. STOP ANALYZING...

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    @collinsmoore1124 Před 3 lety +4

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  • @alexspicer8569
    @alexspicer8569 Před 3 lety +1

    The, social justice warrior, undertones made it hard to finish the video.